Miscellanies of literature, by the author of 'Curiosities of literature'.1840 |
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... EDITION , REVISED AND CORRECTED . LITERARY MISCELLANIES . QUARRELS OF AUTHORS . CALAMITIES OF AUTHORS . CHARACTER OF JAMES THE FIRST . THE LITERARY CHARACTER . LONDON : EDWARD MOXON , DOVER STREET . MDCCCXL . LONDON : BRADBURY AND EVANS ...
... EDITION , REVISED AND CORRECTED . LITERARY MISCELLANIES . QUARRELS OF AUTHORS . CALAMITIES OF AUTHORS . CHARACTER OF JAMES THE FIRST . THE LITERARY CHARACTER . LONDON : EDWARD MOXON , DOVER STREET . MDCCCXL . LONDON : BRADBURY AND EVANS ...
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... edition of Aristophanes , first published in the preface that Saint Chrysostom was accustomed to place this comic poet under his pillow , that he might always have his works at hand . As , in that age , a saint was supposed to possess ...
... edition of Aristophanes , first published in the preface that Saint Chrysostom was accustomed to place this comic poet under his pillow , that he might always have his works at hand . As , in that age , a saint was supposed to possess ...
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... is always at Athens , and all the pother is some little jilting story - the haughty Roman 46 * See Curiosities of Literature , p . 25 , 11th edition , for an article on Prefaces . Every style is excellent , if it be proper ; STYLE . 7 ...
... is always at Athens , and all the pother is some little jilting story - the haughty Roman 46 * See Curiosities of Literature , p . 25 , 11th edition , for an article on Prefaces . Every style is excellent , if it be proper ; STYLE . 7 ...
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... edition had appeared at York the preceding year . LETTER IV . " MY DEAR KITTY , " London , May 8 . " I have arrived here safe and sound - except for the hole in my heart which you have made , like a dear enchanting slut as you are . - I ...
... edition had appeared at York the preceding year . LETTER IV . " MY DEAR KITTY , " London , May 8 . " I have arrived here safe and sound - except for the hole in my heart which you have made , like a dear enchanting slut as you are . - I ...
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... edition ! " When this successful history of Scotland invited Robertson to pursue this newly - discovered pro- vince of philosophical or theoretical history , he was long irresolute in his designs , and so unprac- tised in those ...
... edition ! " When this successful history of Scotland invited Robertson to pursue this newly - discovered pro- vince of philosophical or theoretical history , he was long irresolute in his designs , and so unprac- tised in those ...
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Page 410 - Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Page 75 - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page 196 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 62 - I saw it was adulterate. I met with several great persons, whom I liked very well, but could not perceive that any part of their greatness was to be liked or desired, no more than I would be glad or content to be in a storm, though I saw many ships which rid safely and bravely in it. A storm would not agree with my stomach...
Page 452 - Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poetry — Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Page 235 - ... ribs; so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths; so closely joined that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx, for half his fare.
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Page 288 - And since our dainty age Cannot endure reproof, Make not thyself a page To that strumpet, the stage; But sing high and aloof, Safe from the wolf's black jaw and the dull ass's hoof.
Page 69 - But Appius reddens at each word you speak, And stares, tremendous, with a threatening eye, Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry.
Page 480 - I am still of opinion that it was a practicable scheme, and might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind...